Letter: O'Hara does journalism best in Media, Delco

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

To the Times:

Tedman O'Hara is the best journalist-blogger in Delaware County. You might not know his name unless you access his website. Bloggers are the digital world's news people. When anything big happens in Media I go straight to his blog "All Things Media, Pa." for the news as it is happening.

It takes the Daily Times (paper edition) delivered to my door, 24 hours to catch up. No offense intended, Phil.

The mainstream media is often critical of the bloggers for not getting their facts right, not double-checking their sources, and having their own agenda. But bloggers also have broken some national news stories.

Tedman is a Republican, and his writing has a Republican bias, but you don't have to be Republican to read him or comment. And boy, does he get comments, 95 percent by users named "Anonymous." Hundreds of Independents, Democrats, and Republicans check this site every week.

"All Things Media, Pa." sets the fuse and ignites the dialogue, setting up the talking points for the day in Media.

No one has ever covered our town better. Like freedom of the press, Jefferson and Franklin would champion the freedom of the blog.